Art&Ghosts

New Book

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The new book has arrived! I am very pleased with it, small as it is. The book contains 30 full colour pages and measures 8x8 inches in sturdy glossy soft cover. At present there are three available, although I will print up to 10 of them in total. The works featured focus mainly upon those created over the past 12 months, including many of my most recent (Lydia and Little Drops included)

For further information, more photographs and a full list of images, just pop on over to the shop!

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Ruby Remade

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Ruby remade

Slowly recreating older favourites into digital paintings. There will be many more! I really love the challenge. Please check out the Flickr version, which seems a little 'truer' to me.

The old version was a photo collage - the new one a digital painting (although I did add photomanipulated details with the mice and cages) I wanted to remain somehow faithful to the essence of the original character, hence the coat almost killed me, but I am so happy with the recreation of her face! 

The new Ruby also has little teeth:

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More soon!

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Lapin de Lune

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Danse de Lune

Digital painting. This began with the soft rain and the misty moon. A serene Halloween with the pumpkin and Bach and strawberries with whipped cream lollipops. November now. We are surrounded by fine rain mist. The world is silent. Winter is here. I am quietly happy.

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Lapin de Lune

Contemplating the winter night light...

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Danse de Lune Redcap

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New Imagined Portrait sets are due to arrive at the shop very shortly, too. I am at present compilling new themes for sampler sets, including Anomalies, winter themes, etc:

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I hope that you all enjoyed a most wondrous October 31st! 

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print samplers have arrived

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A quick little update to announce the arrival of brand new, nifty little print sampler packs now at the shop. Each print measures 5x7 inches and are available in packs of ten.

Hop on over and see!

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Oh Lydia

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Lydia

Digital painting.

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Inspired by both Asian ball jointed doll imagery and the French Jumeau. My first attempt at needlepoint canines, indeed! A new little lassie for the Imagined Portraits set. Part clown, part bloodsucker. What an extraordinarily silly combination! 

I am set to continue the silhouette style series (see previous post for examples) over the coming week, with perhaps a tad more narrative, detail. I shall hopefully have more to share with you soon.

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We can start again right here

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We can start again right here

Digital illustration and photomontage. 

Little enigmas, part of the Second Nature Silhouettes series. I am very much lost to my dreams right now. Sometimes they're so magical, sometimes they frighten me. Nature is as nature does.

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Baby Nature

He is my chubby little Pan figure. 

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When you find her let me know

The blocks represent urban buildings. There is something quite liberating about working with imprecise lines. 

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Secret Ceremony

It was a pleasure to work with these, however simplified they may seem. I sort of love the intricacy within the forms, as opposed to what lies outside and around them. This was the idea - internal nature merging with the physical, etc..

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To The Other Side

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To The Other Side 

Digital painting with photomanipulated satchel. 

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Detail

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To The Other Side ver.2

These are something of a reaction to many odd, unexplainable experiences that I have lived through. Also somewhat inspired by Picnic At Hanging Rock, a smidgen of Virgin Suicides, and the mood of Katherine Mansfield. They are not concerned with gender or any sort of symbolic 'fancification' (for a change!) More literal, really; a party of schoolgirl somnambulists take the plunge. Perhaps they are confused mediums, not knowing what to make of their 'gift'. Or maybe reality, for them, has far too many constraints. I like to think that I can understand why they are doing it, but I doubt any of us can. 

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Chicken

Made up of the remnants of the above^^

Sweetdreams xxx

Ozma

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Pearls

A much, much older work, repainted. Well, entirely overhauled. 

*Post edited to remove Ozma. the picture will definitely return, although as yet it is not complete. My indecision bothered me so much that i decided to remove it for the time being, for fear of confusing people even more!;) 

The deleted version will still be viewable here until the new one arrives.

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